When Steve Kerr was first mentioned as the leading candidate to take the Knicks coaching job, I wasn’t sure how to feel.

Sure, point guards tend to have success as first-time head coaches. Just ask Jason Kidd. But Kerr didn’t boast the strongest track record in the Suns front office either, making me all the more concerned.

But since becoming the frontrunner to take the Knicks gig, both the Lakers and Warriors have expressed interest in Kerr to be their head coach, too. The Lakers, one of the Association’s premier franchises, don’t have the ability to strike out on a coach here. Given the Mike Brown blunder and the falling out with Mike D’Antoni, they need to make a quick turnaround, and they wanted Kerr.

Parting ways with Mark Jackson, who led the team to the playoffs in each of the past two seasons, Golden State also needs to make a strong hire. If not, it will make firing Jackson look even more questionable. Like Los Angeles, the Warriors wanted Kerr.

For a rookie head coach who has been in the broadcast booth the last couple of years, Kerr is quite the hot commodity. The Lakers offer an enticing opportunity — not only to coach future Hall of Famers in Kobe Bryant and Steve Nash — but to use a plethora of cap space to build up the roster in free agency next summer. The Warriors are already a playoff team, pushing the Clippers to brink of elimination in the first round, and have cornerstones like Steph Curry and Klay Thompson already in place.

But because of Kerr’s relationship with Knicks president Phil Jackson, they have an edge.

If and when Kerr accepts the Knicks’ offer, I’m suddenly all the more confident in the direction the team is heading in. Jackson seemed to know something about Kerr that the Lakers and the Warriors picked up on, and Kerr — not John Calipari or Kevin Ollie — is the next up-and-coming young coach.

After listening to Mark Jackson on multiple radio interviews yesterday, it's easy to understand why he'll never even be considered for the Knicks job. His ego would never enable him to work under Phil, let alone Dolan. Woodson has a better shot of being named the head coach for next season than Mark does.

Lets be honest here. Kerr played under Phil and Pop. Im sure he knows both systems very well. He was not a commodity until Phil endorsed him. We dont know if "knowing the triangle" makes him a good or great coach. Hes on fire bcuz Phil and the Knicks want him. I wont be ecstatic either way bcuz I have to see him coach. I wouldnt mind Mark Jackson either bcuz hes proven his leadership and its obvious that any coach we sign will be implementing the triangle.

Phil has already been interviewing assistants (Cartwright, Stackhouse, etc.), hasn't he? So I assume Kerr is in the fold and the hang-up is over money, years, and whether or not Kerr will allow himself to be tailed by one of Dolan's spies.

Plan A for the owners and league was to completely distance themselves as far as possible from Donald Sterling. He was banned for life and they are looking for a new CEO to run the team.

Plan B is to get new ownership. They are trying. That matter is outside their control. How that plays out will likely be decided in court. As long as the league keeps a full court press on Sterling, the players will likely have to accept that. As far as Shelley goes, she is part of the problem and not part of the solution.

@BiggieTKB You also ave to factor in the fact there are NO expectations for next season, and making the playoffs already makes him a hero. Moreover, he is in the Eastern Confrence, which makes his playoff chances far easier. In addition, come 2015, this team is going to be set to improve significantly.

@BigChiefTriangle Personally I think the hold-up is simply because he hasn't had time to make progress because Kerr is doing games for TNT. I think he's done his last game for TNT tonight in OKC. News should really pick up tomorrow.

The problem with the trade was taking back the poo poo platter of Billups, Shelden Williams, Anthony Carter, and Balkman, all out of the league. We never were able to replace "those scrubs/rotation players" to build a team around Melo. Now we are facing losing Melo and still owe a draft pick 3+ seasons after the deal.

Mozgov is a decent backup center and averaged 9.4-6.4 in 21.8 minutes. That would be better than any backup center we have had in many moons.

Melo is going on his 3rd coach and 4th GM in that time span. This is not the way to build a championship contender.

My guess is she was suing Sterling's GF bc she was a person of color. This guy ia a billionaire, I'm sure Sterling's wife knew about all his infidelity most of their marriage and accepted it but went crazy when she found out this time it was a black woman. I could be wrong, its just my assumption.

Not sure we are going to be much better next year than we were this year, unless Phil pulls off some trades. We have pretty much everyone coming back from a 37 win team. Looks like 2014 will be implementing the triangle and clearing cap space for 2015.

@Knicks_Fanatic @C0P0 Oh The BIG WOODEN SPOON! How did I ever forget that! It use to hang on the wall for decoration (with an equally ridiculous big fork) and easy ass whupping access. We eventually made those devices disappear. LOL

Then my mother was on me for "living in sin" with my wife before we got married. Then she shacked up with a guy and told me she couldn't get married because it would cut her social security check, so it wasn't "living in sin" because she needed the money.

Back in the 1960's my mother told me, "You think I don't know what pot is? When I was young, all the prostitutes smoked pot." That was the 1930's, when she was young. Her other good line was, "Nothing good ever happens after midnight." Of course, I was working as a musician until 3 am at the time, smoking all the weed I could get my hands on.